Weather-strip.



No. 718,926. PATBNTED JAN.4 2o, 1903.

RGAURON.

WEATHER STRIP.'

APPLIOATION'FILED SEPT. 13, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

tran rares EDMOND GAURON, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ALPHONSE GAURON, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

WEATHERMSTRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 718,926, dated January 20, 1903. Application filed September 13, 1902. Serial No. 123,315. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDMOND GAUR0N,a citizen of the United States, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in feather-Strips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in weather strips or storm-proof door-sills; and it has for its objects,among others,to provide a simple,cheap, and efficient door-sill that will prevent the rain, snow, slush, wind, or cold from passing inward to the apartment, thus saving much trouble and annoyance and avoiding the liability of the inmates catching cold.

The improved sill is so constructed as to fit any door-stool. It is formed of metal, with a raised tongue that iits against the rabbet formed on the bottom of the door, and at each end of the tongue on the sill proper are two short tongues, which are curved and t between the rabbet of the door-frame on either side thereof and the said raised tongue. The bottom of the door is rabbeted on the inside thereof and is further formed with a bead be tween said rabbet and the outer side of the door. The construction is such that the rabbet on the bottom of the door comes in contact with the tongue on the iron sill, thereby making it very tight when the door is closed, and thus preventing the rain, snow, slush, wind, or cold from passing inward into the apartment. The bead on the bottom of the door prevents the rain, melted snow, tbc., from going over the tongue and causes the same to drop on the sill. The two short tongues on either side of the long one prevent the rain, snow, slush, wind,or cold from going in at either end.

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crcss-section through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sill detached.

Like numerals of 'reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the draw ings, 1 designates the sill, which is formed of metal,having the longitudinal tongue 2 raised above the face 3 of said sill, and upon which latter face the door is designed to shut.

4 designates short raised tongues at opposite ends of the sill and extending from the ends of the raised tongue 2, as seen best in Figs. 1 and 3, and these tongues are curved, as seen at 5. The sill is formed upon one side of the tongue 2 with a beveled face 6 and upon the opposite edge with the beveled face 7, which latter is preferably roughened in any suitable manner, as by the crossed grooves or lines 8, as shown, for ornamentation and for the purpose of giving it better tread-surface to the sill.

The bottom of the door 9 is rabbeted on the inner side thereof, as shown at 10, and on the under side it is formed with a bead 11.

In practice the sill is placed in position upon the door-stool 12, where it may be held by frictional engagement or secured by screws or other fastening means, as maybe thought best. The ends 13 of the tongues 4 engage the faces 14 of the door frame, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and when the door is closed, as seen in Fig. 2, the rabbet on the bottom of this door comes in contact with the tongue 2 on the iron sill, thus making it tight and preventing the ingress of rain, snow, slush, or the like, and the bead on the bottom of the door prevents the rain, melted snow, dac., from going over the tongue and causes the same to drop on the sill, from whence it runsV off. The two short tongues 4., with their curved surfaces 5 on either side of the tongue 2, will prevent the rain, snow, slush, dac., from entering at either end.

What I claim as new ishead, all substantially as and for the pur- The combination with a metallic stoimpose specified. o door sill having longitudinal raised tongue In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my and end tongues at right angles thereto with .hand in the presence of two witnesses. 5 their inner faces curved and the upper face EDMOND GAURON.

of the sill beveled in opposite directions from Witnesses: the longitudinal tongue, of a door having its FRED F. SHEDD,

bottom edge providedwith a rabbet and a RAYMOND B. CLOEPTO-N. 

